Constituency
36. Katpadi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-KATPADI
AIADMK 38.2%won by 6.7%DMK 31.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 6.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 38.2% of the vote here (+38.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.7% between them, down from 90.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
70,389
Margin
4,690
6.66%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AIADMK- 1M.A. JAYAVELUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK26,87338.2%
- 2SAMBASIVAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK22,18331.5%
- 3K.P. NAVAKOTIJanata Party · JNP15,68322.3%
- 4V.N.RATHINAMIndian National Congress · INC3,1144.4%
- 5P. NATARAJANIndependent · IND1,1121.6%
- 6RAMASAMY ALIAS SHOZHANIndependent · IND8781.2%
- 7K. GOVINDARAJIIndependent · IND5460.8%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +64.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 38.2%
- DMK share
- 57.8% → 31.5%
- Turnout
- — → —